Routledge The Future of English Teaching Worldwide: Celebrating 50 Years From the Dartmouth Conference (National Association for the Teaching of English NATE)

Product Description The seminal Dartmouth Conference (1966) remains a remarkably influential moment in the history of English teaching. Bringing together leading voices in contemporary English education, this book celebrates the Conference and its legacy, drawing attention to what it has achieved, and the questions it has raised. Encompassing a multitude of reflections on the Dartmouth Conference, The Future of English Teaching Worldwide provides fresh and revisionist readings of the meeting and its leading figures. Chapters showcase innovative and exciting new insights for English scholars, and address both theoretical and practical elements of teaching English in a variety of settings and countries. Covering topics including the place of new media in English curricula, the role of the canon, poetry and grammar, the text is divided into three accessible parts: Historical perspectives Dartmouth today: why it still matters Reflections: but for the future. This powerful collection will be of value to researchers, postgraduate students, literature scholars, practitioners, teacher educators, trainee and in-service teachers, as well as other parties involved in the teaching and study of English. About the Author Professor Andrew Goodwyn is President of IFTE, Head of Education at The University of Bedfordshire, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading, UK. Associate Professor Cal Durrant is Associate Professor (Adjunct) in the School of Education at Murdoch University, Australia. Professor Wayne Sawyer is Director of Research in the School of Education, Western Sydney University, Australia. Dr Lisa Scherff is a Faculty member at South Fort Myers High School, USA. Professor Don Zancanella is Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico, where he has taught since 1988.